{"id":842,"date":"2025-11-06T11:34:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/?page_id=842"},"modified":"2025-11-06T12:07:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:07:01","slug":"2-1-0-equinox","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/?page_id=842","title":{"rendered":"2.2 Equinox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Equinox Help should give you the basics, so this section will just deal with the adaptations to our system, derived in part from our previous set-up using Patrawin, so including references where appropriate to the legacy system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Case Types:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Equinox Code Letter<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Equinox Category<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Sub-categories<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Patrawin Code Letter<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">G<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">General<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1. Assignments<br>2. Licensing<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">A<br>G<br>H<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Assignments<br>General<br>Licensing<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">B<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Admin<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">B<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Business Admin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">C<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Oppositions<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1. TM &#8211; Offensive<br>2. Patent &#8211; Offensive<br>3.Design &#8211; Offensive<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">C<br><br><br>E<br>R<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Contentious matters &#8211; oppositions and revocations against 3rd party right<br>Design Invalidations<br>Patent Invalidations<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">D<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Designs<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1. First Filing &#8211; priority-founding<br>2. Claiming priority<br>3. Divisional<br>4. Member right of RCD<br>5. Non-convention<br>6. GB-EU Brexit<br>7. (Opposition sub-category can be created, if needed, for defensive matters)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">D<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Registered Designs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">M<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Client Care<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">I<br>M<br>N<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Identity<br>Misc Contact<br>New Enquiry<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">L<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Litigation<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Could be divided into types if necessary<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">L<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Litigation &#8211; e.g. infringement matters<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">P<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Patents<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1. First filing &#8211; priority founding<br>2. Claiming priority<br>3. Divisional<br>4. Validation of EP<br>5. Nationalisation of PCT<br>6. Continuation in Part<br>7. Continuation<br>8. Non-convention<br>9. (Opposition sub-category for defensive matters if required)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">P<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Patents<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">S<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Searching<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1. Patent Searches and opinions<br>2. TM Searches and Watches<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">F<br>S<br>Z<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Freedom to Use TMs<br>Patent Searches<br>Trademark watches<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">T<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Trade Mark<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1. First filing &#8211; priority founding<br>2. Claiming priority<br>3. Divisional<br>4. Member right of EUTM<br>5. National right of Madrid<br>6. Conversion of EUTM<br>7. Non-convention<br>8. GB-EU Brexit<br>9. Opposition &#8211; defensive matters<br>10. Certification Mark<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">T<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Trademarks<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">V<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Patent Validity<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">V<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Validity Opinions<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">W<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Domain Name<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">W<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Domain Registrations<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These were our first attempts under Equinox &#8211; suggestions for improvements gratefully received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Address Book &#8211; see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/?page_id=642\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"642\">Equinox Address Book<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tasks &#8211; see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/?page_id=656\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"656\">Equinox Tasks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creating Documents &#8211; see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/?page_id=612\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"612\">Creating New Documents in Equinox<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/?page_id=19\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"19\">Back to 2. General Office Administration<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equinox Help should give you the basics, so this section will just deal with the adaptations to our system, derived in part from our previous set-up using Patrawin,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-842","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=842"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/842\/revisions\/857"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelovens.co.uk\/OfficeManual\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}